Have a look at our efforts!!!!
how to make an echidna: make the head first, then add the legs and bottom part of the body. . . . .
Then roll a lot of spines and glue them on with the slip.
Voila!
What wonderful echidnas.
roll roll roll
we made the trees in pairs and everyone had to work quickly to get them done in an hour.
adding the leaves and branches
Then Debbie came and cut it out for us before we painted it.
paint, paint, paint
here are our lovely echidnas, who will be going for a walk down beside the river
our gorgeous trees, all so different from each other and individual
Above: two scar trees, where bark has been lifted off to make canoes
And now presenting: how we made our Manna Gum!
Everyone helped with this in the 1/2 class.
First we all rolled branches and painted them and then we made the leaves.
The individual leaves are very beautiful
Debbie had to glue the leave onto the branches
here we are making the dry gum leaves which cover the ground in winter.
Another view of our large Manna Gum
more dried leaves in lovely colours
birds! by the 5/6's
The manna gum with birds nesting in it, feeding their babies.
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more information about the project
Kororoit Creek -
Wurundjeri Acknowledgement Project 2015Brimbank Council have approved a 'Community Strengthening Grant for this project which will cover the costs of materials and consultation and involvement of Wurundjeri Elders with the project.
Debbie has been working with Wurundjeri Elders to design the mural. The theme of the mural is the six seasons that the Wurundjeri people acknowledged and organised their year of activities and food gathering around. This theme relates specifically to their use of the Kororoit Creek and their careful management of the natural environment so that it could sustain them and continue to regenerate. The educational aims are to give children an understanding of the Indigenous perspective of the environment and to acknowledge the heritage of the local land and the Wurundjeri People.
This project will be an artwork made onto the concrete cylinder that is down by the Kororoit Creek where many artefacts of the Wurundjeri People have been found.
Debbie will be organising this project in liason with Brimbank Council departments of Community Planning and Engagement and Sustainability and Environment. Four local schools are involved in making the ceramic pieces for this artwork; Albion Primary School, St Theresa's School, Ardeer Primary and Mother of God School.
here is our cylinder, on which the mural will be made using ceramics and mosaic. It is seven metres around and 120 centimetres high.
link to google map of the site: (this view shows the cylinder in the centre of the page)
LINKS:
Wurundjeri Heritage Links
Original Research of the Wurundjeri Seasons by Dr Beth Gott, has been adapted to match the Kororoit Creek area as much as possible,
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